Remote Jobs International — Apify Actor

Scrapes Arbeitnow, RemoteOK, Himalayas, LinkedIn, and Indeed for remote jobs and uses Claude AI to detect whether each company hires candidates living outside the USA.

The key output field — international_eligible: true/false — is unique: no other job scraper on Apify has this today.

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Quick Start

1. Install Apify CLI and log in

npm install -g apify-cli
apify login   # opens browser to authenticate

2. Clone and install dependencies

cd remote-jobs-actor
npm install

3. Set environment variables for local testing

# Create a .env file (never commit this)
echo "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-..." > .env
echo "APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_..." >> .env

4. Run locally

$apify run

The actor reads input from ./storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json.
Create it with your test input:

{
  "keywords": "react developer",
  "sources": ["arbeitnow", "remoteok", "himalayas"],
  "maxJobsPerSource": 20,
  "candidateCountry": "Mexico",
  "filterInternationalOnly": false,
  "useAiFilter": true
}

5. Deploy to Apify

$apify push

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Output Schema

Each item in the dataset looks like this:

{
  "title": "Senior React Developer",
  "company": "Acme Corp",
  "location": "Remote",
  "url": "https://...",
  "source": "arbeitnow",
  "posted_at": "2025-06-06T00:00:00Z",
  "salary": "$90k–$130k",
  "tags": ["react", "typescript", "remote"],

  "international_eligible": true,
  "international_signals": ["contractor", "deel"],
  "international_confidence": "high",
  "international_reason": "Job mentions Deel for payments and accepts contractors worldwide.",
  "detection_method": "ai",

  "scraped_at": "2025-06-06T20:00:00Z",
  "candidate_country": "Mexico"
}

international_eligible values

Value	Meaning
true	Company likely hires internationally
false	Explicit US-only restrictions found
null	Could not determine (AI not enabled or no signals found)

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Monetization (Pay Per Event)

This Actor is designed for PPE (Pay Per Event) pricing on the Apify Store.

Recommended price: $0.005 per saved job result (~$5 per 1,000 jobs).

To configure PPE:

1. Go to Apify Console → My Actors → [this actor] → Publication → Monetization
2. Select Pay Per Event
3. Define event: job_saved — triggered by each Actor.pushData() call
4. Set price per event: $0.005

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Environment Variables

Set these in Apify Console → Actor → Environment Variables:

Variable	Required	Description
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	For AI filter	Your Anthropic API key
APIFY_TOKEN	For LinkedIn/Indeed	Your Apify API token (auto-available on platform)

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Cost Estimate (per run)

Source	Cost per 100 results
Arbeitnow	Free
RemoteOK	Free
Himalayas	Free
LinkedIn	~$0.20 (via curious_coder actor)
Indeed	~$0.01 (via valig actor)
Claude AI filter (per job)	~$0.0002 (Haiku model)

For 200 jobs from free sources with AI filter: ~$0.04 total cost.

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Project Structure

remote-jobs-actor/
├── .actor/
│   ├── actor.json          # Actor metadata
│   ├── input_schema.json   # Input UI schema for Apify Console
│   └── Dockerfile
├── src/
│   ├── main.js             # Entry point — orchestrates everything
│   ├── aiFilter.js         # THE DIFFERENTIATOR — international eligibility AI
│   └── scrapers/
│       ├── freeApis.js     # Arbeitnow + RemoteOK + Himalayas
│       ├── linkedin.js     # Via existing Apify actor
│       └── indeed.js       # Via existing Apify actor
├── package.json
└── README.md